Taexalia

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Edinburgh People and Dog Shit

I have come to the conclusion that people in Edinburgh should not be allowed to own a dog. I am indeed tarring every single one of them with the same dirty brush. I am sick of having to watch where I am walking because sick people cannot clean up after themselves.

Edinburgh City Council, that useless organisation I pay for, claim that people who let their dogs shit on public areas will be fined. It isn't working, is it? Because the streets are still paved with shit.

Today it is not just the streets. Someone thought it would be nice to watch their dog squat in the middle of the entry to the path that leads to our stair. Yes someone stood by and let their dog take a big reddish brown shit in the entrance to 6 homes and walked away and left it.

I contacted the dummies at Edinburgh City Council to ask them to clean it up. They told me it is not their responsibility because it is on "private property".

So basically it appears that if the pigs of Edinburgh want to get away with leaving dog shit lying around, the best way to do it is to ensure the dog is placed just inside a front path to a residence because then they are fouling private property which is not in the jurisdiction of the council or the fines.

Excuse my language but how fucking perfect.

Edinburgh City Council are intrinsically USELESS!

***Update***

The council website has now been altered and advises people to put their baggies in any bin.

A couple of gents from the council turned up on my doorstep yesterday to explain that

a) the council policy of not installing dog poo bins is related to the fact that the contents would need to be treated as clinical waste.

b) the council strategy is working - despite the fact the streets are still paved in shit.

c) my opinions and experience are quite clearly irrelevant and to be put down at every opportunity.

d) the council want dog owners to pick up after their dogs and place this clinical waste into "any bin including wheelie bins" ie they fully support non dog owners having to deal with leaky dog shit baggies in their own domestic wheelie bin and be responsible for cleaning that up too.

e) the council request that I sit at my window carefully twitching my curtains at all hours of the day and night observing who is pooping in the street and then phoning them so they can "take more action"

For fuck's sake!

I was recently in Aberdeen and had the pleasure of walking the parental GemmaDog. I could not walk for more than five minutes without finding a doggie bin. I could have danced blindfold in the dark, even across grassy areas, without having to clean my shoes later. Whatever else one thinks about Aberdeen City Council, it would appear their dog shit policy is working far better than the convoluted farce here in Edinburgh.